---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-188856"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FNKO"
cik: "0001704711"
company_name: "Funko, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T07:08:08.494471+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Funko CEO Brian Mariotti takes 6-month leave; Michael Lunsford named Interim CEO

## Summary
- Brian Mariotti ceased as CEO effective July 13, 2023, for a six-month sabbatical; remains a director.
- Board appointed Michael Lunsford as Interim CEO; he will also continue as a director.
- Lunsford receives $30,000/month salary (min 9 months) and 120,000 RSUs vesting on July 13, 2024.
- Board searches for permanent CEO; Lunsford removed from Audit and Compensation Committees.
- Charles Denson appointed to Audit Committee; Sarah Kirshbaum Levy as Chair of Compensation Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-188856
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FNKO
- cik: 0001704711
- company_name: Funko, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704711/000119312523188856/0001193125-23-188856-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704711/000119312523188856/d522889d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-188856.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Lunsford was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Funko, Inc..
  - Action: appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Michael Lunsford as the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704711/000119312523188856/0001193125-23-188856-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brian Mariotti departed as Chief Executive Officer at Funko, Inc..
  - Action: ceased serving as Chief Executive Officer
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Brian Mariotti has agreed to take a six month leave of absence from the Company and cease serving as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704711/000119312523188856/0001193125-23-188856-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.